Diamond Select Toys Press Releases For February 5, 2004

TIMONIUM, MD (February 3, 2004) – This May Diamond Select Toys and Moore Action Collectibles will prove that monsters really do exist with the release of five busts depicting some of the more gruesome foes the Slayer faced during her seven-year run.

The Judge fought Buffy in the Season Two episodes “Surprise” and “Innocence”. In the end Buffy had to steal a rocket launcher to defeat this blue menace. Sculpted by Jeremy Bush, The Judge Bust is limited to 1,500 pieces.

D’Hoffryn, the mentor to Anya/Anyaka, was featured in various episodes from Season Three through Seven. The Patron of Vengeance Demons, D’Hoffryn was sculpted by Pablo Viggiano. Also sculpted by Pablo Viggiano – Kulak, from the Season Three episode “Homecoming”. Both the Kulak Bust and D’Hoffryn Bust are limited to 1,500 pieces.

Also limited to 1,500 pieces is the Fyarl Demon Giles Bust, sculpted by Martin Canale of The Gore Group. Giles was turned into this mucus-spitting demon by his archenemy Ethan Rayne in the Season Four episode “A New Man”.

Forming the fifth point on the pentagram is the Gentlemen Bust, sculpted by Jeremy Bush and limited to 3,000 pieces. The Gentlemen were a quartet of demonic villains featured in the Emmy-nominated Season Four Episode “Hush”.

Each of the Buffy Monster Busts includes a full-color, hand-numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Available online and in comic book and specialty shops this May!

ABOUT MOORE ACTION COLLECTIBLES
Moore Action Collectibles and its sister company, Moore Creations are recognized for producing some of the highest quality, and most finely detailed licensed toy and collectible merchandise in the industry.

ABOUT TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX LICENSING AND MERCHANDISING
Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising, along with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, comprise the retail-oriented strategic alliance of Fox Consumer Products. A recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising licenses and markets properties worldwide on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Television, and Fox Broadcasting Company, as well as third party lines.

Hellboy Puts On His Fancy Duds For Tower

EXCLUSIVE HELLBOY MOVIE BEANIE AVAILABLE ONLY FROM TOWER RECORDS

TIMONIUM, MD (February 3, 2004) – Diamond Select Toys and Tower Records are all set to dress-up the collections of Hellboy fans everywhere this March with the release of the Tower Records exclusive Black T-shirt Hellboy Beanie!

Direct from the Hellboy motion picture, set to release everywhere on April 2, 2004, this exclusive beanie shows Hellboy in his “off-duty” outfit, witch means his long jacket is gone, revealing his sleeveless black t-shirt. Making such tough, hard looking characters into soft and cute beanie versions was an unnatural yet interesting evolution. “Hellboy is an interesting character with a very cool look”, says Andy Livingston, Marketing & Sales Coordinator for DST, “and turning him into a beanie only serves to enhance his appearance. We’re very happy to be working with Tower Records to get this neat collectible into the hands of Hellboy fans.” This version of the Hellboy beanie shows off the intricate designs the character has on his right arm, as well as revealing more of his stone fist.

The exclusive Black T-shirt Hellboy beanie will be available at Tower Records stores and at www.towerrecords.com this March. In addition to their exclusive Hellboy beanie, Tower will also be carrying the regular Hellboy Movie Beanie assortment. The regular assortment consists of Hellboy with his signature trench coat, his B.P.R.D. partner Abe Sapien and Sammael, one of the villains from the upcoming Hellboy film.

ABOUT TOWER RECORDS
Since 1960, Tower Records has been recognized and respected throughout the world for its unique brand of retailing. Founded in Sacramento CA, by Chairman Russ Solomon, the Company's growth over four decades has made Tower Records a household name.

Tower Records stores are represented in fourteen countries throughout the world and in 218 different locations as wholly owned operations, licensees and affiliations. The company opened one of the first Internet music stores on America Online in June 1995 and followed a year later
with the launch of Tower.com. The site was named among the top 50 retail websites by Internet Retailer magazine.

ABOUT REVOLUTION STUDIOS
Revolution Studios was founded in May 2000 by former 20th Century Fox and Disney chairman Joe Roth to produce quality, commercially viable films while at the same time maintaining a low overhead and lean infrastructure.

The Slayer May Be Gone, But Her Friends Aren’t

BRAND-NEW ACTION FIGURES BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER AVAILABLE IN MARCH, FROM DIAMOND SELECT TOYS

TIMONIUM, MD (February 3, 2004) – Diamond Select Toys and Moore Action Collectibles (MAC) are putting the Slayer’s favorite Wicca into fan’s hands this March. MAC had previously announced the Buffy action figure line was ending, but then founder and lead sculptor Clayburn Moore approached DST about re-launching the line. “It’s rare that an opportunity like this, a great product that’s a perfect fit, falls into your lap – we were all eager to start working on Buffy” said Andy Livingston, Marketing & Sales Coordinator for DST. The result of this powerhouse union will be seen with the release of six different Willow figures.

“Willow is the anchor of the line. The character’s popularity, her importance to the story, and her crossover presence between BTVS and Angel has led to the strongest demand for this character in the action figure line”, stated Clayburn Moore. Season 5 Willow and Transformation Willow will be available at Tower Records, Musicland locations as well as comic book and specialty shops. Transformation Willow is a chase figure, Doppelgangland Willow is a Previews/Toyfare exclusive, available through a special offer in ToyFare Magazine or for purchase through comic book and specialty stores. Vampire Willow is only available through the offer in ToyFare Magazine. Dark Witch Willow is another exclusive, this time through Cinequest.com. Finally, White Witch Willow, as seen in the series finale, was an exclusive offered through the Moore Action Collector’s Club.

Diamond Select Toys will continue to produce action figures from the fan-favorite Buffy the Vampire Slayer television show throughout 2004. Both figures previously sculpted by MAC, as well as some totally new ones. In addition to single figures, special boxed sets will be produced, celebrating characters or moments from Buffy’s seven-year run. The first of these boxsets is the Willow’s Spellbook, which is exclusive to Time and Space Toys and Musicland stores. Limited to 3,000 pieces, this set includes special versions of the Vampire, Dark Witch and White Witch Willow figures.

ABOUT MOORE ACTION COLLECTIBLES
Moore Action Collectibles and its sister company, Moore Creations are recognized for producing some of the highest quality, and most finely detailed licensed toy and collectible merchandise in the industry.

ABOUT TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX LICENSING AND MERCHANDISING
Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising, along with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, comprise the retail-oriented strategic alliance of Fox Consumer Products. A recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising licenses and markets properties worldwide on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Television, and Fox Broadcasting Company, as well as third party lines.

ABOUT DIAMOND SELECT TOYS
Diamond Select Toys and Collectibles, LLC was founded in 1999 by sister company Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. Envisioned to create unique and exciting collectibles for children and adults alike, the company has licensed a variety of pop culture properties to be turned into merchandise. With partners such as Marvel Enterprises, Linsner.com, Goodtimes Entertainment, Classic Media, and Pioneer Video, Diamond Select produces a large range of products based on a wide variety of properties. Diamond Select Toys is headquartered in Timonium, Md. For more information, visit www.diamondselecttoys.com.